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Brewers' Brandon Woodruff's return to majors delayed due to tendinitis

By AP author
Published  May 12, 2025 8:12pm CDT
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MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - APRIL 15: Brandon Woodruff #53 of the Milwaukee Brewers looks on during the game against the Detroit Tigers at American Family Field on April 15, 2025 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. All players are wearing the number 42 in honor of J

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The Brief

    • Brandon Woodruff will not be returning to the Brewers pitching squad as early as first anticipated.
    • Woodruff is doing with tendinitis in his right ankle.
    • The 32-year old Woodruff last pitched in a big league game on Sept. 23, 2023. 

CLEVELAND - Milwaukee pitcher Brandon Woodruff won’t return to the majors quite as early as expected because he is dealing with tendinitis in his right ankle.

Bout with tendinitis

What we know:

The issue had bothered the two-time All-Star right-hander during a rehabilitation appearance Sunday with Triple-A Nashville, causing the Brewers to delay Woodruff’s long-awaited return from a shoulder injury.

Woodruff threw 39 pitches in 2 1/3 innings against Norfolk before coming out with the injury. He allowed one run and two hits and struck out three..

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The 32-year old Woodruff last pitched in a big league game on Sept. 23, 2023. The Brewers announced just before the start of their 2023 NL wild-card series with Arizona that Woodruff wouldn’t be available because of a shoulder problem. He underwent surgery that October and has been working his way back since.

Woodruff can't pitch for a Brewers minor-league affiliate for at least seven days. Murphy said the revised plan is for Woodruff to test the ankle for a couple of minor league starts.

What they're saying:

"He tried to pitch on it and it didn’t go well in terms of how he felt," Murphy said. "Our pitching guys and him, they all got together with the front office and Woody made the decision: ‘I’m not going to come back yet.’"

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Woodruff's ankle issue represents the latest setback for a Brewers pitching staff that also has Aaron Civale (left hamstring), Nestor Cortes (left elbow), DL Hall (left lat), Aaron Ashby (right oblique) and Robert Gasser (left elbow) on the injured list.

The Source: The information in this post was provided by The Associated Press.

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